Ada PalmerDec 20, 2023

Guys, Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year!

It's worth saying twice: Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year!!!!!!! 2023 was also the best year ever for reforestation and carbon reduction! We're doing it! We're really doing it! #ShareGoodNewsToo

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/amazon-rainforest-destruction-slows-sharply-year-date-report-says-2023-11-28

Show threadJill FellowsDec 21, 2023
@adapalmer Damn, I needed some good news today. Gonna read this. Thanks!!
Show threadAda PalmerDec 21, 2023
@jjfphd If you’re craving good news, search for “Future Crunch”
They do roundups of underreported good news. It’s incredibly fortifying realizing how much is actually going well. China passed 50% renewable energy, the giant ocean conservation treaty was the real deal, poverty is down 2/3rds globally since 2000, polio eradication close, malaria vaccine rollout; 2023 was a great year globally on many metrics, but most news doesn’t let us feel it.
Show threadJill Fellows

@adapalmer Thank you!!

2024 is going to be a year I cultivate hope. Because my despair leads to inaction, and inaction only benefits people who are invested in the status quo.

So I asked myself, who does my despair serve? And when I thought of it that way, hope was really the only option.

I appreciate this resource!

Dec 22, 2023 at 12:07amWeb
Show threadAda PalmerDec 22, 2023
@jjfphd That's a great resolution for us all!
Show threadDarwin WoodkaDec 22, 2023
@jjfphd @adapalmer Yup, time for that hopey changey goodness again!
Show threadGatekeeper..Dec 22, 2023
@jjfphd @adapalmer
Dreams come true is you focus on gratitude and the feeling it gives you like it's happened.